Service Reference Guide 483941-001 4–1
4
Serial ATA Drive Guidelines and Features
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Serial ATA = SATA
HP does not support the use of a PATA (IDE) hard drive / optical drive on these models of
computer.
4.1 SATA 3.0 Hard Drives
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When attaching the SATA cable to the system board always connect the primary hard drive to
SATA 0.
Serial ATA Hard Drive Characteristics
Number of pins/conductors in data cable 7/7
Number of pins in power cable 15
Maximum data cable length 39.37 in (100 cm)
Data interface voltage differential 400-700 mV
Drive voltages 3.3 V, 5V, 12 V
Jumpers for configuring drive N/A
Data transfer rate, 80 GB and greater 3.0 Gb/s
